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The smart money says Sarah Palin won't run in 2012
The Guardian ^ | 05/18/2001 | Paul Harris

Posted on 05/18/2011 2:08:59 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd

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To: screaminsunshine
"Watch and learn."

How about I watch and wait for excuses instead?
I can hear them now:

Carl Rove was against her!
The RINO's were against her!
The MSN wouldn't give her a chance!
The media wouldn't let her get her message out!

Yes...it will HAVE to be the fault of someone else.
Certainly her impending failure could not be her own.

61 posted on 05/18/2011 4:02:26 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (artemis_webb@yahoo.com --Lord knows how long before I'm banned so please say hello sometime.)
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To: Artemis Webb

She should challenge 0bama to an MMA fight. All pay-per-view dollars would go to the winner’s favorite charity. You know he’d chicken out. If not, she’d mop the floor with his scrawny effeminate hide. Heck, she might even field dress his carcass in the cage.


62 posted on 05/18/2011 4:07:56 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad ((((( )))))
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To: Responsibility2nd
oh yeah??? and what's intrade say about that...
63 posted on 05/18/2011 4:11:40 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Two Kids' Dad

No disagreement there.


64 posted on 05/18/2011 4:11:55 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (artemis_webb@yahoo.com --Lord knows how long before I'm banned so please say hello sometime.)
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To: Jim Scott

Very well said!

Even some of my democrat voting relatives are wanting to cast a vote for Palin. Not only to vote Obama out, but, also because they actually like Palin.


65 posted on 05/18/2011 4:12:11 PM PDT by RGVTx
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To: chris37

So tell me what is so attractive about Obama.


66 posted on 05/18/2011 4:16:02 PM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: sergeantdave

Well thanks, sergeant dave...


67 posted on 05/18/2011 4:18:56 PM PDT by FrankR (A people that values its privileges above its principles will soon lose both.)
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To: vette6387

I agree completely. I want to take issue with Levin on this, whom I love and respect very much, but he is wrong on Christie.

If the goal is to beat Obama in an election, then we must have a fighter. Which wing of the party that fighter comes from is less of a concern than how well he/ she fights, and the quality of their leadership skills.

GWB was by no means a pure conservative, but he was a damn strong leader, and I swear I’d vote for him again right now even knowing the mistakes he made.

In contrast, I believe Michelle Bachmann is a great conservative, a fine person, and a fine rep, but I do not believe she has the skills to defeat Obama in an election. She does not have the charisma to galvanize conservatives, who appear very factional to me.

What does galvanize conservatives is a leader and a fighter, a person we can respect and follow into battle. This is what we must find. It is paramount.


68 posted on 05/18/2011 4:20:12 PM PDT by chris37 (awesome!)
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To: elpadre

Then in 16 or 20 turn the big house over to her. I won’t be around to see it but will celebrate none the less!!!

Two things:

1. I pray to God that you are here to see it.
2. Regardless I am so impressed that you are looking out for the United States and might not even be here to enjoy the fruits of your labor.
Thank you so much for that and what you do here. It is very important. You deserve to be here in 2016 AND 2020!!!!!


69 posted on 05/18/2011 4:23:45 PM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: biggredd1

ricky perry of texas will be getting into the race, and Sarah Cuda will later be chosen VP. Can y’all say Perry/Palin 2012 !!!!!!!!!

A few things.....One Palin said she would not be VP again. Second, Perry cannot get my vote since he passed that “have sex” shot to 12 year old girls. Why would we want that type of person as our President. We as a country still need a President with morals regardless if we have that President now or not.


70 posted on 05/18/2011 4:28:51 PM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: Responsibility2nd
1. Reagan was a two-time loser.

If Palin was not going to run she would have honorably said so already. She would not screw the potential field by leaving it unsaid.

71 posted on 05/18/2011 4:29:34 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Wolfstar

In June 1999, while Governor of Texas, Bush announced his candidacy for President of the United State


72 posted on 05/18/2011 4:44:21 PM PDT by Kegger
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To: napscoordinator

Perry and Palin are close. Apparently she has no problem with Rick Perry.


73 posted on 05/18/2011 4:46:04 PM PDT by dforest
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To: elpadre

Her relevancy in general would drop if she decides not to run. Getting 400,000 of your financial supporters all hot and bothered, then sending them home to a cold shower by not running, will definitely ding her credibility.


74 posted on 05/18/2011 4:54:18 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: FrankR

75 posted on 05/18/2011 5:17:13 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Artemis Webb
Certainly her impending failure could not be her own.

So how's Boss Barbour doing these days?

76 posted on 05/18/2011 5:24:24 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: indylindy
Perry and Palin are close.

They're not THAT close...

"Eight other governors assembled on the stage, all men, seemed visibly uncomfortable with the “Palin at center stage” format. When Perry stepped in front of Palin at the podium to announce it was over just as it was getting started, Palin looked irritated, and the media shouted, “You’ve got to be kidding,” “This is ridiculous,” "Come on,” and “We were promised more questions.” "


77 posted on 05/18/2011 5:30:13 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: biggredd1

Can y’all say Perry/Palin 2012 !!!!!!!!!


The P P ticket. Good Lord, help us all.


78 posted on 05/18/2011 5:40:39 PM PDT by deport
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To: Wolfstar

Current polls, the woman has 98% name id and 18% support. The answer is not going to run and cannot win. For you people from California, that is the same thing as saying 82% of the republican voters want someone else.


79 posted on 05/18/2011 6:16:33 PM PDT by org.whodat
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To: Kegger

June of the year prior to a presidential election is when many major candidates announce formally with a big campaign event. They form “exploratory” committees prior to then for the purpose of putting together an organization and fund-raising apparatus, lining up key supporters in primary states, getting a ground game up and running, and so on. All of that needs to be in place by the time of the formal announcement/kick-off event so that the actual campaign can get off to a running start.

Candidates like Pawlenty, who lack national name recognition, start the process earlier precisely to raise awareness. Candidates with name recognition can start a little later, but not much, because key people in the states will have already committed to other campaigns.


80 posted on 05/18/2011 6:29:16 PM PDT by Wolfstar ("If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his friend." Abraham Lincoln)
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